Harmony vs. Intensity — What's the Difference?

Harmony, in music, is the process by which the composition of individual sounds, or superpositions of sounds, is analysed by hearing. Usually, this means simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches (tones, notes), or chords.Harmony is a perceptual property of music, and along with melody, one of the building blocks of Western music.

Exceptionally great concentration, power, or force.

An orderly or pleasing combination of elements in a whole

(Physics) The amount or degree of strength of electricity, light, heat, or sound per unit area or volume.

A relationship in which various components exist together without destroying one another

The strength of a color, especially the degree to which it lacks its complementary color.

A relationship characterized by a lack of conflict or by agreement, as of opinion or interest

See saturation.

The study of the structure, progression, and relation of chords.

The quality of being intense.

Simultaneous combination of notes in a chord.

The degree of strength.

The structure of a work or passage as considered from the point of view of its chordal characteristics and relationships.

(physics) Time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance.

A combination of sounds considered pleasing to the ear.

(optics) Can mean any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance.

A musical line that harmonically complements the melody

(astronomy) radiance.

A collation of parallel passages, especially from the Gospels, with a commentary demonstrating their consonance and explaining their discrepancies.

(geology) The severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface, and buildings. The value depends on the distance from the epicentre, and is not to be confused with the magnitude.

Agreement or accord.

The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc.

A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.

The amount or degree of energy with which a force operates or a cause acts; effectiveness, as estimated by results produced.

(music) The academic study of chords.

The magnitude of a distributed force, as pressure, stress, weight, etc., per unit of surface, or of volume, as the case may be; as, the measure of the intensity of a total stress of forty pounds which is distributed uniformly over a surface of four square inches area is ten pounds per square inch.

(music) Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.

The degree or depth of color or shade in a picture.

(music) The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.

The amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation);

A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency.

High level or degree; the property of being intense

The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things intended to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe.

The magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction);

Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.

Chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vividness of hue

A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels.

A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation.

See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.

Compatibility in opinion and action

The structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords

A harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole

Agreement of opinions

An agreeable sound property